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    The Midnight Library
    The Midnight Library
    The Midnight Library
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    The Midnight Library

    By Kazuno Kohara

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    Perfect for bedtime reading, pay a visit to the Midnight Library where you can snuggle up for a nighttime story.
    There is a little library that only opens at night. In the library there is a little librarian—and her three assistant owls—who helps everyone find the perfect book. The library is always peaceful and quiet . . . until one night when some of the animals stir up a little trouble (and a little fun!) in the Midnight Library.
    From Kazuno Kohara, creator of the New York Times Best Illustrated book Ghosts in the House! comes a beautiful book brimming with cozy charm.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJun 17, 2014
    ISBN9781466869394
    The Midnight Library
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    Kazuno Kohara

    Kazuno Kohara grew up in Japan and came to the UK as a student of illustration and print-making. Her first book, The Haunted House was published in 2008 to great acclaim both at home and abroad; selected by the New York Times as one of their Top Ten Illustrated Books of 2008, it has also been shortlisted for the Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award and nominated for the 2010 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. Jack Frost also secured Kazuno a nomination for Best Emerging Illustrator at the Booktrust Early Years Awards. Kazuno has now returned to Japan, where she lives in Osaka.

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    • 4/5
      There once was a little librarian with three owl assistants who ran a library that opened only at night and served all kinds of animals. This is the story of one night at that library, in which the little librarian and her assistants find practice space for a noisy band of squirrels, help a tortoise get a library card, and more.This is a fun book that still manages to teach small children about the types of things that are available at their local library. For that reason, I brought it along with me for outreach at some local preschools, where even the youngest children (age 3) listened attentively and enjoyed the book.The illustrations are unique and appealing, although a bit difficult to describe. The entire book has a background of a bright yellow and all of the illustrations are black or blue. The effect is of illustrations that "pop" off the page. The pages are neither sparse nor cluttered, providing accurate visuals to accompany the text with just a few extra details.
    • 5/5
      A distinctive, vibrant, fun fantasy.
    • 3/5
      A little librarian and her three owl assistants keep the eponymous Midnight Library running smoothly in this sweet picture-book from Japanese author/illustrator Kazuno Kohara. Helping all of the animal patrons find that right book, making sure the squirrel band finds a place to practice their music, reassuring a distraught little wolf that her story will turn out well, the librarian keeps busy...Having enjoyed Kohara's Ghosts in the House! and Here Comes Jack Frost!, I decided to track down The Midnight Library, and I'm glad that I did. The simple text and cute, graphically-striking artwork combine to create an appealing little confection of a picture-book, one that would make an excellent bedtime read-aloud, especially for young children who love the library.
    • 5/5
      Read on December 23, 2015This is the most perfect book set in a library (EVER!). It very sweetly shows the many roles of a librarian and gives examples of library etiquette and many ways of using the library-- band practice in an activity room, getting a library card so books can go home with a book lover, reader's advisory for everyone, and dealing with those folks that just don't want to leave.

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